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Music Education In America: A Content Analysis And National Perspective Of Standards-Based Outcomes For K-8 General Music, Joseph A. Alsobrook
Music Education In America: A Content Analysis And National Perspective Of Standards-Based Outcomes For K-8 General Music, Joseph A. Alsobrook
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The aim of this study was explore and measure desired results that are fundamental and essential to standards-based accountability and comprehensive musicianship for students in K-8 general music classes. Using a clustered sample of state achievement standards aligned with the National Content Standards for Music Education (n = 16), an exploratory content analysis was conducted. Qualitative analysis was employed to identify desired results as fundamental, or basic, elemental, or underlying; qualitative analysis and measurement was employed to identify fundamental desired results as essential, or frequent among 50% or more of the sample. Sub-samples were also analyzed for equivalent-forms reliability.
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